8th Army

field army of the German Army in World War I (1914-1918)
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8th Army

Summary

8th Army is a German Empire field army[1]. It draws 60 Wikipedia views per month (german_empire_field_army category, ranking #3 of 18).[2]

Key Facts

  • 8th Army is in the country of German Reich[3].
  • 8th Army's image is recorded as Stab eines Armeeoberkommandos.svg[4].
  • 8th Army's instance of is recorded as German Empire field army[5].
  • 8th Army's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 140146615[6].
  • 8th Army's GND ID is recorded as 83058-6[7].
  • 8th Army's location is recorded as East Prussia[8].
  • 8th Army's child organization or unit is recorded as I Corps[9].
  • 8th Army's child organization or unit is recorded as XVII Corps[10].
  • 8th Army's child organization or unit is recorded as XX Corps (German Empire)[11].
  • 8th Army's child organization or unit is recorded as I Reserve Corps[12].
  • 8th Army's child organization or unit is recorded as 3rd Reserve Division[13].
  • 8th Army's child organization or unit is recorded as 1st Cavalry Division (German Empire)[14].
  • 8th Army's part of is recorded as Imperial German Army[15].
  • 8th Army's Commons category is recorded as 8th Army (German Empire)[16].
  • +1914-08-02T00:00:00Z marks the founding of 8th Army[17].
  • 8th Army was dissolved in +1918-11-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • 8th Army's participated in conflict is recorded as World War I[19].
  • 8th Army's participated in conflict is recorded as Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes[20].
  • 8th Army's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h3xvg9[21].
  • 8th Army's replaces is recorded as I. Armee-Inspektion[22].
  • 8th Army's replaced by is recorded as Q1201070[23].
  • 8th Army's different from is recorded as Eighth Army[24].
  • 8th Army's commanded by is recorded as Maximilian von Prittwitz[25].
  • 8th Army's commanded by is recorded as Paul von Hindenburg[26].
  • 8th Army's commanded by is recorded as Richard von Schubert[27].

Why It Matters

8th Army draws 60 Wikipedia views per month (german_empire_field_army category, ranking #3 of 18).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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